翻译考试历年中级口译真题(9)

SECTION 1: LISTENING TEST (40 minutes)

Part A: Spot Dictation

Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear a passage and read the same passage with banks in it. Fill in each of the blanks with the word or words you have heard on the tape.Write your answer in thecorresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. Remember you will hear the passage ONLY ONCE.

     Welcome to this edition of“Human Nature” — a series of  lectures  delivered by  the local Community College. Today, We'd like to discuss another aspect of                        (1). We are all human, and one part of human nature is to try to“sum one another up”. The first day in class, for example, we                    (2) the teacher  and our  classmates. The same is true with our  first day                     (3) where we are most likely to sum up our boss or colleagues. We do this in order to                  (4) two things. Firstly, to discover what kind of people they are, and secondly, to find out if we might like to                 (5).

    There are two main ways in which we sum up other people, that is, by                         (6). If the person we are watching sends messages through his                       (7) that we find annoying, our  first  impression of him will be as an annoying person.We will, therefore, try to avoid or simply                   (8) this kind of person. If, on the other hand, we are pleased by what he says as well as                  (9), behaves or acts, we will probably try to become friendly with him. Some people, however, seem                        (10) the kind of person they really are. They try their utmost to                  (11) their real personality and purposes so that we never know how they feel about us and what they                    (12). Since we can not be sure of             (13),we are not sure how we feel about them either.

     When we get to know people, there are certain things that we tell them                       (14). For example,our name,address,                    (15),our appearance,our leisure likes and music preferences, the way we sit,                  (16).But there will be things that we do not share.As people spend                   (17),they each encourage the other to                  (18)and show more of themselves. In this way, a relationship  grows                        (19)provided, of course, that we like what wee see and                    (20)!

Part B: Listening Comprehension 
 Ⅰ. Statements
Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear several short statements. These statements will be spoken ONLY ONCE, and you will not  find them written on the paper; so you must  listen carefully. When you hear a statement, read the answer choices and decide which one is closest in meaning to the statement you have heard. Then write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.

1.   (A) Betty brought a week's work home because of the cold weather outside.
      (B) Betty was absent from work seven days while recovering from a cold.
      (C) Betty did not have enough time to recover from a bad cold.
      (D) Betty felt quite weak for seven days after she had caught a bad cold.
2.   (A) Florence has made possible this reception.
      (B) I don't mind if Florence comes to the reception.
      (C) Florence didn't get enough notice to come to the reception.
      (D) Florence was able to come to the reception.
3.   (A) Lena has trouble with office work..
      (B) Lena doesn't like her colleagues in the office.
      (C) Lena intends to become a full-time student.
      (D) Lena gets on very well in her MBA studies.
4.   (A) The last thing that the advertiser will do is go grab money from your pocket.
      (B) Like his father, the advertiser had from his childhood been interested in hockey.
      (C) The advertiser will distribute a free, portable instrument for the treatment of your eye.
      (D) The advertiser will try to make you first interested in products and then buy them.
5.   (A) The company charged us 5,0000 dollars.
      (B) The company charged us 10,000 dollars.
      (C) The company charged us 15,000 dollars.
      (D) The company charged us 30,000 dollars.
6.   (A) Any one with a university degree will probably get thejob.
      (B) The applicants, if short-listed, will be trained in a foreign country.
      (C) No one but those with required certificates are qualified for thejob.
      (D) We need only those applicants who have gained diplomatic experience.
7.   (A) The new secretary was required to hand in the report.
      (B) The assistant manager wanted to see the new secretary.
      (C) The new secretary was reported to the assistant manager.
      (D) The assistant manager told her to clear up his desk.
8.   (A) The Chairman didn't attend the ceremony at the last minute.
      (B) The Chairman refused to attend the opening ceremony at the last minute.
      (C) The Chairman never changes his mind at the last minute.
      (D) The Chairman made a last-minute decision to attend the ceremony.
9.   (A) Jack could not repair the lamp and it was repaired by an electrician.
      (B) The lamp was so badly damaged that Jack had to buy a new one.
      (C) Jack didn't ask an electrician to repair the lamp, although it was badly damaged.
      (D) Jack could repair the lamp himself, but he didn't bother and called in an electrician.
10.  (A) I know why Mr. Nicholas hasn't arrived although he was due earlier.
       (B) I can't understand why Mr. Nicholas is here.
       (C) Mr. Nicholas is due for the board meeting right away. 
       (D) I have no idea why Mr. Nicholas is late for the meeting.